WARNING: This First Person column contains details about suicide.
It is written by Patrick de Belen who is a Toronto-based storyteller and suicide survivor. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
Jordan de Belen was a visual artist, a metal vocalist, a Muay Thai fighter, an incredible friend, my hero and my little brother. Seventeen months ago, I found him in his apartment, too late to stop his suicide. He was 26.
Celebrating the life of my hero who ended his is one of the hardest things I’ve had to do as a suicide survivor (a loved one
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